One Hit Wonders – Mets Fall To Yankees 5-0

It was a tough game to watch tonight at Citi Field, as the Mets were shutout by the Yankees 5-0.

Alex Cora’s single in the sixth inning was the only hit the Mets had tonight, as the Yankees came so close to pitching the first no-hitter at Citi Field… For the second day in a row!

What I found most puzzling is that after getting shutout by Burnett at Yankee Stadium on June 16th, I expected the Mets to come out swinging, and instead they were still clueless and inept even after they got a good long look at his stuff a week ago.

Read it and weep…

NY Mets	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Cora, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.257
Reyes, A, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167
Wright, D, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.346
Church, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.267
Sheffield, LF	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.273
Murphy, Dn, 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.248
Reed, CF	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.286
Schneider, C	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.237
Redding, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.091
Stokes, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Misch, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Martinez, F, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164
Dessens, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	28	0	1	0	3	10	7
a-Grounded out for Misch in the 8th.
BATTING TB: Cora. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schneider. Team RISP: 0-for-1. Team LOB: 4.

The Mets lineup featured four players hitting below .250. Gary Cohen mentioned in the broadcast that the Mets starting lineup had a combined 21 homeruns, while the Yankees had 76. We are clearly overmatched by them.

In the last three games against the Yankees, the Mets have been outscored 29-1.

Sadly, Omar Minaya reiterated before the game that they will not be making a deal for a big bat.

Tim Redding started the game and he did battle Burnett for five innings after allowing a solo homerun to Nick Swisher, but it all came crashing down in the sixth inning when Redding allowed four hits on four consecutive pitches with the back-breaker being a three-run homer by Jorge Posada.

Not only did the Yankees maul us, but the Yankee fans mauled us too. This idiotic Yankee fan not only interfered with what looked like a certain catch by Wright, but he pounded his chest and taunted Wright after the ball was deflected to the ground. Yankee fans have no class…

The Mets are now 1 1/2 games out of first as the Phillies won 10-0 tonight.

Livan Hernandez will be on the mound as the Mets look to salvage the last game of the series tomorrow.

Okay here goes… Lets Go Mets!

There… I said it…